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Registration number: 12444523

Prepared for the registrar

Bridge Bidco Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

 

Bridge Bidco Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Balance Sheet

2

Notes to the Financial Statements

3 to 6

 

Bridge Bidco Limited

Company Information

Directors

T M Davies

N D Robinson

Registered office

Royal Court
Basil Close
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7SL

Auditors

Hazlewoods LLP
Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

 

Bridge Bidco Limited

(Registration number: 12444523)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Note

2025
£ 000

2024
£ 000

Fixed assets

 

Investments

4

894

894

Current assets

 

Debtors

5

515

535

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

6

(1,671)

(1,669)

Net current liabilities

 

(1,156)

(1,134)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

(262)

(240)

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

6

(2,904)

(2,492)

Net liabilities

 

(3,166)

(2,732)

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

8

-

-

Profit and loss account

(3,166)

(2,732)

Shareholders' deficit

 

(3,166)

(2,732)

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 10 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


N D Robinson
Director

 

Bridge Bidco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

 

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Royal Court
Basil Close
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7SL

 

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.

The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest thousand Pounds.

Name of parent of group

These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Ivolve Care Holdings Limited.

The financial statements of Ivolve Care Holdings Limited may be obtained from Companies House.

Group accounts not prepared

The company has taken advantage of the exemption in section 398 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements, on the grounds that it is consolidated in the financial statements of Ivolve Care Holdings Limited.

Going concern

Notwithstanding the net liabilities held at year end, the company has sufficient resources available and the directors have prepared forecasts for the next 12 months that indicate that this will continue to be the case and that these cash flows will be sufficient for the company to meet its financing commitments as they fall due. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

Judgements and estimation uncertainty

These financial statements do not contain any significant judgements or estimation uncertainty.

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

 

Bridge Bidco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Financial instruments


Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability on the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expenses in the profit and loss account.

 Recognition and measurement
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

 Impairment
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss as described below.

A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.

The recoverable amount of goodwill is derived from measurement of the present value of the future cash flows of the cash-generating units ('CGUs') of which the goodwill is a part. Any impairment loss in respect of a CGU is allocated first to the goodwill attached to that CGU, and then to other assets within that CGU on a pro-rata basis.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. Where a reversal of impairment occurs in respect of a CGU, the reversal is applied first to the assets (other than goodwill) of the CGU on a pro-rata basis and then to any goodwill allocated to that CGU.

For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.

For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

 

Bridge Bidco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

 

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was as follows:

Subsidiaries

£ 000

Cost

At 1 April 2024 and at 31 March 2025

2,694

Provision

At 1 April 2024 and at 31 March 2025

1,800

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2024 and at 31 March 2025

894

Details of undertakings

Details of the investments (including principal place of business of unincorporated entities) in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:

Undertaking

Registered office

Holding

Proportion of voting rights and shares held

     

2025

2024

Subsidiary undertakings

Vision MH Limited

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

100%

New Directions Flexible Social Care Solutions Ltd

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

100%

New Directions Flexible Social Care Solutions (Home Counties) Limited

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

0%

Ivolve Care Management (New Directions) Limited

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

0%

The principal activity of New Directions Flexible Social Care Solutions Ltd is the provision of care services. The remaining subsidiaries are dormant companies.

The registered office of the above subsidiaries is the same as that of Bridge Bidco Limited.

 

5

Debtors

2025
 £ 000

2024
 £ 000

Amounts owed by group undertakings

375

368

Prepayments

140

167

 

515

535

 

Bridge Bidco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

 

6

Creditors

Note

2025
 £ 000

2024
 £ 000

Due within one year

 

Amounts due to group undertakings

 

1,520

1,517

Social security and other taxes

 

-

3

Other creditors

 

8

8

Accrued expenses

 

142

142

 

1,671

1,669

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

7

2,904

2,492

 

7

Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

2025
£ 000

2024
£ 000

Redeemable preference shares

2,904

2,492

Preference shares payable of £2,904,000 (2024 - £2,492,000) include £1,504,000 (2024 - £1,092,000) of accrued dividends. The preference shares are redeemable on 1 April 2026 and rights of return are as detailed in the Company's Articles of Association.

 

8

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

 

2025

2024

 

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary A shares of £1 each

30

30

30

30

Ordinary B shares of £1 each

70

70

70

70

Preference shares of £1 each

1,400,000

1,400,000

1,400,000

1,400,000

 

1,400,100

1,400,100

1,400,100

1,400,100

Rights, preferences and restrictions

The share rights are detailed in the company's Articles of Association.

 

9

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Ivolve Care Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

 The ultimate parent is Specialist Healthcare Operations Limited, incorporated in the Isle of Man.

 There is considered to be no single ultimate controlling party.

 

10

Audit report

The Independent Auditor's Report was unqualified. The name of the Senior Statutory Auditor who signed the audit report on 10 December 2025 was Simon Worsley, who signed for and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP.

As permitted by Section 444 CA 2006, these accounts do not contain a copy of the company's Profit and Loss account or a copy of the Directors' Report.